Most people think the only way to get a website URL from a LinkedIn company page is to scrape it directly from the page.
The reality: There's a much better way that's both cheaper and faster.
When you scrape LinkedIn Sales Navigator or export company lists, you typically get LinkedIn URLs but not the actual company websites. Getting those websites is critical for building lead lists.
Here's what most people don't know: You don't need to scrape the entire LinkedIn page to extract the website URL.
↳ Instead, you can use database matching.
↳ ↳ This method costs a fraction of traditional scraping.
↳ ↳ ↳ And it's 10x faster.
📌 Summary For Those In a Rush
This article shows how to extract website URLs from LinkedIn company pages without expensive scraping. If you are in a rush, here is a summary:
Problem: You have LinkedIn company URLs from Sales Navigator or prospecting, but you need the actual website URLs for outreach and enrichment.
Why scraping is expensive: Scraping entire LinkedIn pages to extract the website URL costs more credits and takes longer because you're processing the entire page.
Better Solution: Database matching. Datablist maintains a database of company domains and their corresponding LinkedIn pages, allowing you to match and get website URLs from LinkedIn company pages instantly.
What You'll Learn: This guide covers how database matching works, why it's cheaper than scraping, and a simple 7-step process to extract website URLs from your LinkedIn company URLs.
Cost Advantage: At just 0.5 credits per record, you can get website URLs from 10,000 LinkedIn company pages for $25 (versus 500 URLs with LinkedIn scraping).
What This Guide Will Cover
- How Database Matching Works to Get Website URLs From LinkedIn
- Step-by-Step Guide to Extract Website URLs
- Why This Method is Cheaper Than Scraping
What is Datablist?
Datablist is a platform for building lead generation workflows that allows folks to find, enrich, and clean data using over 60 different tools from AI Agents to Email Finders, AI processors, Technology enrichments, and more.
Additionally, Datablist allows you to set up automated workflows that run on schedule or demand. Here are a few practical use cases that Datablist users love:
- Building lead lists
- Personalizing emails with AI
- Cleaning and deduplicating CRMs
- Scraping job postings from 19 boards at once
- Scraping LinkedIn Sales Navigator searches without risking your account
I think the point is clear: if you need to get data, clean data, or automate workflows with data involved and you need it to be easy, fast, and reliable, Datablist is the place to go.
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Datablist is a platform for automating lead generation workflows, which offers a suite of over 60 tools, including AI Agents, Waterfall Enrichment to find emails and phone numbers, data cleaning tools for deduplication, and more.
How Database Matching Works (Not Direct Scraping)
When you use Datablist to extract website URLs from LinkedIn company pages, you're not actually scraping LinkedIn.
Here's what happens instead:
Datablist maintains a continuously updated database that maps company domains to their LinkedIn company pages. When you provide a LinkedIn URL, the system performs a lookup match against this database and returns the corresponding website URL.
Why this matters:
Scraping: loads the entire LinkedIn page, processes all the HTML, finds the website field, and extracts it. This takes time and computing resources (which means higher costs).
Database matching simply queries our existing database for the match. No page loading, no HTML parsing, no wasted resources.
The result: You get website URLs at 0.5 credits per record instead of the 25 credits scraping would cost.
This is not to say scraping LinkedIn company pages is bad; it’s just not the right thing to do if you’re trying to get the company website.
Extracting Website URLs: The 7 Step Process
The process to extract website URLs from LinkedIn company pages is straightforward. Before we start, make sure that you:
- Have your list of LinkedIn company page URLs ready (CSV, Excel, or any format)
- Know which column contains the LinkedIn URLs
Let's go!
Note: This method works also with Sales Navigator URLs, but running this enrichment with Sales Navigator URLs requires 10 credits per successful look up
Extracting Website URLs From LinkedIn Company Pages: The Step-by-Step
The following section will guide you through the entire extraction process. If you encounter any issues or want help with something else, feel free to reach out to us
📺 For Visual Learners
If you’re like me and like watching more than reading, then check out my video on how to get a website URL from a LinkedIn company page 👈🏽
Step 1: Open Datablist and Import Your File
First, log in to Datablist.com and import your CSV file containing the LinkedIn company URLs.
Step 2: Click the Enrich Button
Once you've imported the LinkedIn URLs, click on the Enrich button to access the enrichment library.
Step 3: Select the Company Domain/Website and LinkedIn Matcher
In the enrichment library, select the Company Domain/Website and LinkedIn Company Page Matcher enrichment, which you can find in the URLs tab.
Step 4: Choose the LinkedIn URL to Website URL Option
Set up the enrichment flow by selecting the Second option, which gets website URLs from LinkedIn company pages.
Step 5: Configure Input and Output
Configure the LinkedIn URL column as your Input Property to get the Website URL as your output.
Step 6: Create Output Column and Run
Create a new column to store the Website URLs by clicking on the ⊕ Icon
Click on Instant Run
Step 7: Configure Run Settings and Execute
Now you can configure your run settings by choosing between these options:
- Run it in Async (in the cloud)
- Test on the first 10 items
- Run only on the first 10, first 100, or configure it yourself
Once you've done that, click on Run Enrichment.
Results: Website URLs Extracted
Now you have “extracted” the website URLs from the LinkedIn company page URLs you imported.
What you'll also see:
Credits spent and run status, both designed to give you maximum clarity on costs, data quality, and any potential errors.
💡 Enrichment Cost Breakdown
By choosing this enrichment to extract website URLs from LinkedIn company pages, you will spend 0.5 credits per record.
When you subscribe to Datablist’s starter plan, which comes at $25/month, you get 5,000 free add-on credits with your subscription, which enables you to get website URLs from 10,000 LinkedIn company pages.
Why This Method is Better Than Scraping
When you compare extracting website URLs through database matching vs scraping, the advantages become obvious.
Cost Efficiency
Database matching: 0.5 credits per successful lookup
LinkedIn Company page scraping: 25 credits per record (depending on the scraper)
Bottom line: You can process 50x more records for the same cost.
Speed
Database matching: Instant lookup and response
Traditional scraping: Must load page, parse HTML, extract field, validate
Bottom line: Results appear in seconds instead of minutes.
Reliability
Database matching: Pay only for successful lookups
Traditional scraping: Pay for each page regardless of success
Bottom line: Predictable costs that let you scale enrichments
The Bottom Line: Getting Website URLs Should Be Fast and Cheap
When you need to get website URLs from LinkedIn company pages, you have two options:
- Scrape each page individually (slow, expensive, no guarantee of successful lookup)
- Use database matching (fast, affordable, reliable, pay only for successful lookups)
The choice is obvious.
With Datablist's Company Domain/Website and LinkedIn Company Page Matcher, you get instant results at a fraction of the cost of scraping.
Simply upload your LinkedIn URLs, run the enrichment, and get your website URLs in seconds (that’s how lead generation should work)
P.S. Database matching is like having a cheat code to get website URLs from LinkedIn.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Getting Website URLs From LinkedIn
What Happens If a Website URL Isn't Found?
If Datablist cannot find a matching website URL in our database for a particular LinkedIn company page, the field will be left empty. This typically happens for very new companies or companies that don't have a website listed on their LinkedIn page. You're only charged credits for successful matches.
Is It Legal to Extract Website URLs From LinkedIn?
Yes, using database matching to get website URLs from LinkedIn company pages is legal because you're not actually accessing or scraping LinkedIn's servers. You're simply using a mapping database to find corresponding website URLs for LinkedIn company pages you already have.
How Much Does It Cost to Get Website URLs From LinkedIn?
With Datablist, getting website URLs from LinkedIn company pages costs 0.5 credits per record. This means with the $25 plan (which gives you 5,000 credits), you can get website URLs from 10,000 LinkedIn company pages. This is significantly cheaper than any scraping method.
Can I Get Website URLs From LinkedIn Without Scraping?
Yes, absolutely. Datablist uses database matching instead of scraping. We maintain a database that maps company domains to LinkedIn pages, allowing you to get website URLs from LinkedIn company pages through a simple lookup rather than scraping each page individually.
How Fast Can I Extract Website URLs From LinkedIn Company Pages?
Using Datablist's database matching method, the extraction is nearly instant. Unlike scraping, which requires loading and parsing each LinkedIn page, database matching performs a simple lookup that returns results in seconds, regardless of how many URLs you're processing.